Custer State Park

This 30-minute SDPB documentary examines how Custer State Park was established and tells the stories of the Parks added to the system in the past 100 years.

Thousands of spectators watched as horseback riders culled the state’s buffalo herd in Custer State Park at the 57th annual Buffalo Roundup.

SDPB provided a livestream and commentary of the 57th Annual Custer State Park Buffalo Roundup.

Moderator Chuck Raasch and journalist Jonathan Karl discuss journalism and the presidency in part two of our three-part Daschle Dialogues series.

The majority Republican panel voted 9-3 against the proposal, even after Game, Fish and Parks officials scaled back and relocated the project.

A legislative committee will hear a bill next week proposing funding for a campground expansion in Custer State Park.Some lawmakers say they’re flooded with emails about the proposal.

Officials say the park’s camping is at 100 percent capacity from May to September.

This year, Custer State Park auctioned off 397 bison averaging $968 each. Last year, the park brought in $1,016 per animal. It’s the second year in a row prices have declined.

Firefighters contained the blaze to the hotel wing of the lodge, where 12 of 35 rooms are severely damaged. The hotel wing was added in 1991.

The Custer Volunteer Fire Department and numerous other fire departments responded Saturday evening to a structure fire that damaged part of the Sylvan Lake Lodge in Custer State Park.